The 10 Best Country Albums of 2021
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- It's finally time to look at the best country music albums of 2021. I know I'm late, but I hope you find something you like in this list!! It's a pretty even split between some more independent stuff and some mainstream stuff, and I just think there was some great country music this year!
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Number 10
02:31 - Number 9
04:30 - Number 8
06:56 - Number 7
09:07 - Number 6
10:45 - Number 5
12:59 - Number 4
14:48 - Honorable Mentions
16:29 - Number 3
18:51 - Number 2
21:54 - Number 1
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There are a few albums in here that I haven't actually talked about at all on the channel! (Including Charles Wesley Godwin, which I have been wanting to weigh in on!) Hope there's something for everyone here!
Pecos and the rooftops please
Please, please, please give “How the Mighty Fall” the attention it deserves!!!
@@danikarugg4742 I think I just did??
@@GradySmith sometimes music brings out a delusional side in all of us… good job responding to comments like these with good humored teasing
No Zac Brown love? I actually thought The Comeback was a very good album
Carly Pearces childhood home was about 10 minutes from where I grew up and I played tons of baseball games just a few minutes away in her hometown. Needless to say, with the year she’s had, there’s been a lot of hometown pride for her, at least from the people I talk to. It’s really awesome seeing her come back from such a rough time in her life and making an amazing album and winning the CMA for Female Vocalist of the Year.
I put off Brian Kelly’s album on purpose due to being a part of FGL.. BUT Grady kept bringing this album up. Couldn’t help but love Sunshine State of Mind when I finally listened. Really wonderful album I listen to consistently.
1. Morgan Wade - Reckless
2. Carly Pearce - 29: Written In Stone
3. Kalie Shorr - I Got Here By Accident
4. Eric Church - Soul
5. Hailey Whitters - Living The Dream
6. Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed
7. Lainey Wilson - Sayin' What I'm Thinkin'
8. Flatland Cavalry - Welcome to Countryland
9. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR (the one non-country album on this list)
10. Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, and Jon Randall - The Marfa Tapes
I would have Cody Johnsons album on here
Brian Kelley’s album is INCREDIBLE!!! I gave his initial EP a listen and was hooked. When he brought the full album, I fell in love. It’s one of my favorite albums of all time. I really hope Brian keeps making solo music rather than racing back to FGL.
For me, Cody Johnson has to take top spot for Human. The entire thing is filled with masterpieces, the man is destined to be a legend
Exactly what I was saying. Most of this list isnt even close to top 20
@@jjmeara26 wallen should of been up there too
God is good
Great list!
You have cultivated a community that is by and large very open minded and eager to talk with you and with eachother about country music! It’s reflected in your comment section- that’s an incredibly special and unique thing about you and your channel that is very rare to come by on social media platforms like RUclips! Keep up the good work man I hope you’re doing well!
Love Charles Wesley Godwin, got introduced to his music because of your videos.
I am so glad Carly Pearce made your list. This album spoke to me so hard- in a way I really did not expect from her. I have listened to it on repeat so many times and it never gets old.
I think Jesse Daniel's "behind these walls" was probably my favorite record this year, there are so many great songs and I'm completely obsessed with "Texas Summer Night"
Love the slightly late year end list, lots of good music last year.
My fav top 10 is
1 - One to grow on - mike and the moonpies
2 - How the mighty fall - charles wesley godwin
3 -Heart & soul - eric church
4 - Where have you gone - alan jackson
5 - Living the dream deluxe edition - hailley whitters
6 -Welcome to countryland - flatland cavalry
7 - 29 written in stone - carly pearce
8 - Triston marez - triston marez
9 -Saying what i`m thinking - lainey wilson
10 Raise the roof - Robert plant and alison krausse
Man I heard Triston Marez the other day. So good I looked him up as him album came out. That is good music.
Thank you for doing this video Grady! Awesome as always 🤟🏼
My Top 10:
1. Human- Cody Johnson
2. Behind The Bar- Riley Green
3. The Comeback- Zac Brown Band
4. Heart- Eric Church
5. Stack Of Records- Larry Fleet
6. Body Language- Blake Shelton
7. Bet You’re From A Small Town- Jameson Rodgers
8. Straight Outta The Country- Justin Moore
9. Country Again- Thomas Rhett
10. The Sonic Ranch- Midland
Justin moore underrated
great list. the way you speak about music excites ME about music. the passion is contagious. i'll be forever grateful to you for introducing me to mike and the moonpies.
I really don’t understand how dangerous is only and honorable mention to someone that listens to as much country music as you do
proud of you grady. 2021 was a big year for you. keep at it. you’re doing great. love the content! thanks for always being real with us
Honestly, i find it hard to imagine there'll be another album in the next few years that'll be more perfect to me than Reckless. It just ticks all my boxes, I love these female country singers with great story telling, an interesting voice, a sometimes rockier sound and all that. Whether it's Morgan, Kat Hasty, Ashland Craft, Lindi Ortega, Lily Rose, Tenille Townes and all those singers that have a similar vibe to Zach Bryan (not always musically but as a whole). Plus Reckless to me is a definite no-skipper, which led to me listening to Morgans music for over 1600 minutes
Cant wait for this deluxe edition; the new song Run is already one of my favorites
The fact that you name dropped Lindi Ortega brings me so much joy.
Thank you that you showed me mike and the moonpies, I also like that honkytonk sound and that constant steel gives me goosebumps, it‘s just so good
My favorite line in “Dear Miss Loretta” is when she sings “I ain’t been a widow, but I’ve been an ex-wife”
Great year roundup, thanks Grady!
Morgan Wallen had the best album this year, but Sunshine State of Mind was the best surprise.
How could dangerous not even be mentioned?
Still obsessed with Dangerous!
Solid list! Great mix too which is appreciated
Love you and your content, Grady. Definitely jotted down what I didn't already listen to and it will probably fuel my '22. Keep up the great content and I'm glad you're thinking of getting employees. Whatever makes this great content appear more and keeps you in good mental health status is good with me!! Have a great year.
Grady, I could listen to your viewpoints, opinions, analyses and summaries all day long. Keep it up.
You turned me on to American Aquarium and Gabe Lee in your "Best of 2020" video, and both acts very quickly became two of my faves. I even got to see them this summer when I was on vacation in Nashville, and they were UNBELIEVABLE. I'm so excited to see your picks for 2021!
Im so glad Morgan Wade made the list! Her album was one of my most listened to in ‘21. Im so excited for her deluxe album to come out!
Thanks for the playlist man!
Mike and Moonpies album was definitely #1. Probably would have never listened to it all till you made that video on it. Great stuff, keep it up.
Grady you are the sommelier of country music, keep it up!
Grady you rock! Mike and the Moonpies are a revelation and I have you to thank for introducing them to me!
I was expecting to see Jesse Daniel's "Beyond These Walls" somewhere in the video. And I would still love for you to check out Tylor & the Train Robbers if you get the chance!
I’m obsessed with 29: Written In Stone. By far my favourite album in 2021.
Why did I only find out about this channel today? I mean I love country music! Glad I found this channel.
Great content Grady!
That was a heck of a short list, I said I was a bit disappointed with the top singles and you cane back swinging right out! I Will check 8 of these albums, sound like masteepieces. Thanks Grady for keeping Country in the map, really! Regards from Madrid
This year my top 3 was definitely 1. Reckless 2. The Ballad of Dood and Juanita and 3. Long Time Coming. I actually got to see Morgan Wade perform this year and meet her after the show and it was one of the best nights of my life! I loved the video - especially when you wax poetic about Appalachia. I hope you have a wonderful 2022!!
New video idea: Music of Yellowstone. Producers have done a great job with the music for the show, including some bands I don't think you've covered, like Shane Smith and the Saints, who are AWESOME.
Grady's beard was the best album of 2021. Period.
thank you for these each yearr
Grady great list. Some new things to investigate. Btw, at Under The Big Sky last year I saw two different people wearing your shirts. Very cool.
Love your content dude! Do whatever ya gotta do to keep it comin xD
I know this probably wasn’t intended, but I couldn’t help but chuckle when you said, “And while we’re talking about Appalachia, let’s jump from West Virginia to Kentucky…” but then the first clip you showed of Cole Chaney was him singing in front of Seneca Rocks which is in WV, lol. But seriously, I love your love for Appalachian music! As a kid who grew up listening to a lot of Bluegrass (among so many other genres), I am all for the Appalachian music resurgence that has taken place. Thanks for being a huge supporter of it and always putting me on to new artists to check out!
Great list Grady! Cwg, Sierra Ferrell, Cole Chaney, Morgan wade, flatland…man this was a good music year
You put me on Mike and the Moonpies a while back and holy shit One to Grow One is a brilliant album. Actually got tickets to see them at a small venue in Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Midland... Nashville Boots
I cannot stop listening to Emily Scott Robinson’s new album. The first half of that album means so much to me!
Love this Top 10. Excellent choices.
Literally as soon as he says the album I go to spotify to add it to my playlist 😂
Wow I so needed the introduction to Chapel Hart. Love it! Thank you
I have always mentioned I would love that you release a weekly chart of country singles and albums, not just one video at the end of the year. This way you could be promoting good music rather than the terrible Billboard charts. I thoroughly enjoyed your choices.
Love how you said “let’s jump from West Virginia to Kentucky” and went straight to a video of Cole Chaney playing in West Virginia😂 Can’t get away from these rolling hills! That mountain in the background is Seneca Rocks which is actually the mountain Charles Wesley Godwin sang about being above their head in Seneca Creek and is in the album cover to Seneca. Great video brother!
Charles Wesley Godwin's album was amazing, I just found it a couple of weeks ago and I'm so glad I did. Wish Jesse Daniel's album "Beyond These Walls" was on here, some great songs, especially "Gray", such an amazing song.
Already love it for the thumbnail.
I listened to that Triston Marez album and The Last Resort while road trippin’ through Texas this summer. They were the perfect co-pilots!
Cole Chaney man!! Discovered him on your channel and haven’t stopped listening
Excellent list
I saw Charles WG open for Zach in Pittsburgh, and you made me find Zach and that's really cool. I also am in sooooo in love with them both gosh lol. Also totally made a playlist with this entire list.
Glad to hear your great point at the beginning! My personal favorite country albums were:
Carly Pearce - 29: Written In Stone
Emily Scott Robinson - American Siren
Flataland Cavalry - Welcome To Countryland
Jason Eady - The Passage Of Time
Lori McKenna - Christmastime Is Right Here (only an EP, but soooo good.)
Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram & Jon Randall - The Marfa Tapes
Yola - Stand For Myself (okay, this is a bit of a stretch as it’s not pure country, but still.)
Interested to check out Chapel Heart. They sound good!
One To Grow On may go on to be considered one of the best country albums ever made. Time will tell, but it is a perfect album.
I was with you on not seeing how CWG could possibly top Seneca but man he pulled it off. I honestly think I like How The Mighty Fall even more. Jesse, Temporary Town and Needle Fall Down are probably my top 3, the last of which surprising me how much I liked it. It’s so simple but you can really feel the scene around you. Having that final drink and then the music stopping, that shi is just chefs kiss fr
Oh yes #3 was almost my entire life those last couple months of 2021. Morgan Wade Mend Me makes me cry everytime
Never heard of chapel heart but I’m glad I watch your channel because it opens me up to new music
Mike and the Moonpies - One To Grow On will be an album I take with me to the grave. It’s unbelievable. It’s literally perfect. Every single song just completes it perfectly.
And Charles Wesley Godwin!
Just started the video so I’m not sure what Grady’s list is but my favorite album this year was “How the Mighty Fall” by Charles Wesley Godwin
👏Morgan👏Wade👏 so glad she finally came out with some new material
I shit myself when you mentioned “How The Mighty Fall” as your number 2. It’s been on repeat for me since the last few days or December. Literally heard “Temporary Town” on an Apple Music playlist and had to listen to the full album. Love every track.
Thank you for introducing me to Cole Cheney several months back. Damn he’s sooooooo good
So happy to see Chapel Hart on here. I discovered them early this year when Billboard put out a list of Black neo-traditional country artists and was HOOKED as soon as I heard You Can Have Him Jolene. They’re phenomenal and don’t have nearly enough recognition
I really enjoyed Billy Strings’s Renewal album. “Love and Regret” and “In the Morning Light” are some of my favorites for sure so I’m glad you at least mentioned him
Love the list! Especially Morgan Wade, Charles Wesley Godwin, and Mike and the Moonpies.
Only real additions from my top 10 are:
Margo Cilker - Pohorylle
John R. Miller - Deprecated
Emily Scott Robinson - American Siren
Mac Leaphart - Music City Joke
You got me into Mike and the moonpies, Brother is my favourite from that album👌🏻
somer personal favorites for me:
sierra ferrell - long time coming
charlie crockett - music city usa
mike and the moonpies - one to grow on
midland - the last resort ep
Triston opened for Kip Moore and he was great live as well
I really think Grady should cover Hayes Carll's 'You Get It All' it's such a good album. Reminds me a lot of BJ Barham. Also totally agree with the Brian Kelly album.
Surprised Cody Jinks’ Mercy wasn’t on here! My favorite of the year but I’m a huge Jinks fan. Any opinion on Mercy Grady?
1. Charles Wesley Godwin - How the Mighty Fall
2. Mike and the Moonpies - One to Grow On
3. Blackberry Smoke - You Hear Georgia
4. Vincent Neil Emerson - Vincent Neil Emerson
5. Sturgill Simpson - The Ballad of Dood & Juanita
6. Billy Strings - Renewal
7. Cole Chaney - Mercy
8. The Steel Woods - All of Your Stones
9. The Ben Jarrell Band - Up And Headed West
10. Drayton Farley - A Hard Up Life
Honorable mention: Cody Jinks - Mercy, Blackberry Smoke - Stoned, Colter Wall - Live in Front of Nobody, Cold Spring Union - Live at the Englewood, Red Shahan - Javelina, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Georgia Blue, Rod Gator - For Louisiana
Jesse Daniel's Beyond These Walls would have been somewhere on my list. Great Job
Great list as was to be expected. I just can’t get on the Sierra Ferrel train though and would definitely have had American Siren on my list; that album just gets better and better every time I listen to it and I’m not even sure why. Oh and I LOVE “might As Well Be Me” by Dew Pendleton; awesome album!
I first listened to Dood and Juanita while I was driving home late at night from a Brooks and Dunn concert. It’s since become one of my all time favorites.
I only started listenin to Carly Pearce this year and finding out it was your #2 of 2021 just makes sense to me. I haven't listened to a country album all the way through since I was a teenager but this one hooked me. I haven't had a country song hit me as hard as Day One did since Miranda's "A House That Built Me"
Need to catch up with some of these. I’ve been stuck on Sierra Ferrel for months. Can’t get enough of Long Time Coming. I really liked Jesse Daniels new album as well.
Midland will always be one of my favorite country groups. Songs always speak to me, instrumentals connect and they tell a story. Can’t beat it
I’ve never heard a Midland album I didn’t love 👍 Same with this one
I mean it’s not how is the dangerous album not on here, it why is it not #1 when it’s the top album across all genres in 2021. But I love that Brian Kelley is on here. He doesn’t get the credit he deserves, I’ve been saying it for years that he needed to be heard and I think Brian killed it with Sunshine State of Mind!!
Dang I’m gonna have to check out Triston Marez and Midland’s new albums, didn’t even know they released a new one
1. Cody Johnson- Human
2. Jon Wolfe- Dos Corazones
3. Triston Martz
4. Carley Pearce-29
5. Lainey Wilson- Sayin What I’m thinking
6. Aaron Watson-American Soul
7. Eric Church
“A non-murderous version of ‘Two Black Cadillacs’” - is the most well crafted line I’ve ever heard! Love it 👏🏻
Great list, glad Mike and the Moonpies took first. That and Renewal bu Billy Strings were my 2 favorites, with Carly Pearce being 3
Hell yea Brother . Billy Strings is a BEAST
I’ve seen Charles Wesley 4 times blown away every time. Plus he’s humble as well. Truly loves what he does
Hey @GradySmith, I know you've talked about it but are you planning on releasing any more of the Big Thicket Honkey Tonk Jigsaws? I'd love to buy one and frame it for my apartment! Also love the content man 👌👌
I will be a bit down the road! (The minimum order quantities are pretty big, so I have to order a few hundred at a time, which is hella expensive!)
Awesome thanks man!
I came to Morgan Wade late at the start of November but that is my favorite album of the year. I listened to it all time, so much I actually had to stop listening to music in December because all I wanted to do was put on Reckless again and again and when I tried to put on anything else I was just uninterested. Can’t wait for the deluxe. Carly Pearce, Morgan Wallen, Brian Kelly, and Midland also round out my top 5. Very impressed with country music this year. I thought mainstream had its best year since at least 2011
Grady, I ordered your puzzle. I was so excited to receive it because it had all my favorite country stars incorporated into it. I can’t find the order number or the confirmation email as of right now because I ordered it back in November. It has not arrived and I have lost any hope that it will. I will continue to comment this on all your videos until I can get an answer.
Chapel Hart was legitimately surprising.
I think Riddy Arman’s self titled release was my favorite this year. Killer voice that’s pretty unique in country music today!
A couple of my favorite albums include Human, 29 Written in Stone, The Last Resort, Dangerous, Dos Corazones by Jon Wolfe, The Way I Wanna Go by Trace Adkins, and Where Have You Gone by Alan Jackson
Great list Grady. Please take a listen to Jon Wolfe's "Dos Corazones" and Charlie Worsham's "Fist Through This Town". They are both in my top 5 along with "One to Grow On", Red Shahan's "Javalina" and Morgan Wade "Reckless".
Very hard to choose one haha.
But How the Mighty Fall is been on repeat for me. Over Yonder is a beautiful song love the ending when the all the voices come in. I agree Temporary Town is a beautiful mountain love song.
Love Mike and the Moonpies and the song Rainy day such a cool with the lyrics about work and waiting for that day to relax. Listened to that song whenever I worked
Top Ten Country Albums 2021:
1. Dangerous- MW
2. Macon- JA
3. The Last resort- Midland
4. Pelago- RH
5. Gold chain cowboy- PM
6. What if im right- AS
7. One to grow on- M&M
8. Buy Dirt- JD
9. Triston Marez- TM
10. Time, Tequila & Therapy- OD
1. "One to Grow On"-Mike and the Moonpies
2. "Ballad of Dood and Juanita"-Sturgill Simpson
3. "The Last Resort"-Midland
My girlfriend bought me my first pair of boots yesterday and wore them to school today… mixed reviews on them from people in my high school I felt proud but idk how to feel now 😅😂